2022 IMSA SportsCar Weekend

The 2022 IMSA SportsCar Weekend was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The Race was held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 7, 2022. The race was the tenth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the seventh round of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Track map of Road America

Background

Road America, where the race was held.

During this race weekend, IMSA holds their "State of the Series" annual press conference, in which they confirm and announce their future plans for the series they sanction.

After only one entry committed to the WeatherTech Sprint Cup, IMSA announced that the WeatherTech Sprint Cup would be discontinued after the 2022 season ended.[1][2] However, plans were reversed and the WeatherTech Sprint Cup would be reinstated for 2023.[3] The LMP3 class was given a one-year extension to remain in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The events start time was moved from 1:40 pm CT to 10:40 am CT after an opportunity to have USA Network broadcast the event live became available.[4]

On August 3, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[5] In DPi, the Acura ARX-05 received a 10 kilogram weight increase. In GTD Pro and GTD, the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo and Porsche 911 GT3 R were given weight increases of 20 and 10 kilograms, respectively.

Entries

37 cars took part in the event split across 5 classes. 6 were entered in DPi, 6 in LMP2, 9 in LMP3, 5 in GTD Pro, and 11 in GTD.[6] In LMP2, Tristan Nunez replaced Jonathan Bomarito in the #11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry. Patrick Kelly and Josh Pierson returned to the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry. Fabio Scherer joined Dennis Andersen in the High Class Racing entry. In LMP3, Malthe Jakobsen replaced Lance Willsey in the Sean Creech Motorsports #33. James French joined Cameron Shields in the Performance Tech Motorsports entry.[7] JDC-Miller MotorSports added a one-off entry featuring Gerry Kraut and Scott Andrews. In GTD, NTE Sport returned after skipping the previous round at Lime Rock. Daniel Juncadella joined Cooper MacNeil in the WeatherTech Racing entry.


Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, both on Friday. The first session on Friday morning lasted one hour while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 75 minutes.[8]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 11:05 am CT on Friday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for WTR - Konica Minolta Acura, with a lap time of 1:09.583.[9]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:50.539 _
2 DPi 02 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber 1:50.835 +0.296
3 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:51.051 +0.512
Source:[10]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 3:15 pm CT on Friday and ended with Alex Lynn topping the charts for Cadillac Racing, with a lap time of 1:49.321.[11]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:49.321 _
2 DPi 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:49.574 +0.253
3 DPi 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Filipe Albuquerque 1:49.640 +0.319
Source:[12]

Qualifying

Filipe Albuquerque claimed overall pole for the event for WTR - Konica Minolta Acura.[13]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Filipe Albuquerque 1:48.915 - 1
2 DPi 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:49.097 +0.182 2
3 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:49.841 +0.926 3
4 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Olivier Pla 1:50.322 +1.407 4
5 DPi 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier 1:50.369 +1.454 5
6 LMP2 11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Steven Thomas 1:54.137 +5.222 7
7 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Patrick Kelly 1:54.271 +5.356 8
8 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman 1:54.677 +5.762 9
9 LMP2 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen 1:54.678 +5.763 10
10 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsport John Farano 1:54.809 +5.894 11
11 LMP2 81 DragonSpeed - 10 Star Henrik Hedman 1:54.833 +5.918 12
12 LMP3 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Malthe Jakobsen 1:59.434 +10.519 13
13 LMP3 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti 2:00.163 +11.248 14
14 LMP3 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson 2:00.969 +12.054 15
15 LMP3 58 MLT Motorsports Josh Sarchet 2:01.083 +12.168 16
16 LMP3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Cameron Shields 2:01.369 +12.454 17
17 LMP3 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett 2:02.778 +13.863 18
18 LMP3 30 Jr III Motorsports Ari Balogh 2:03.907 +14.992 19
19 LMP3 90 JDC-Miller MotorSports Gerry Kraut 2:04.307 +15.392 20
20 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth 2:05.365 +16.450 22
21 GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Matt Campbell 2:05.618 +16.703 23
22 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 2:05.829 +16.914 24
23 LMP3 13 AWA Orey Fidani 2:05.942 +17.027 21
24 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 2:06.084 +17.169 25
25 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 2:06.224 +17.309 26
26 GTD 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis 2:06.237 +17.322 27
27 GTD 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Stevan McAleer 2:06.275 +17.360 28
28 GTD Pro 25 BMW M Team RLL John Edwards 2:06.289 +17.374 29
29 GTD 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 2:06.297 +17.382 30
30 GTD Pro 23 Heart of Racing Team Alex Riberas 2:06.517 +17.602 31
31 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 2:06.631 +17.716 32
32 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 2:06.674 +17.759 33
33 GTD 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil 2:06.895 +18.980 34
34 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick 2:07.999 +19.084 35
35 DPi 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais No time1 _ 6
36 GTD 42 NTE Sport/SSR Jaden Conwright No time2 _ 36
37 GTD 51 Rick Ware Racing Aidan Read No time3 _ 37
Sources:[14][15]
  • 1 The No. 01 Cadillac Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
  • 2 The No. 42 NTE Sport/SSR car had all its qualifying times disallowed as per Article 40.2.9 of the Sporting regulations (driver exiting the car during qualifying without permission by the officials).[16]
  • 3 The No. 51 Rick Ware Racing car had all its qualifying times disallowed as per Article 40.2.9 of the Sporting regulations (driver exiting the car during qualifying without permission by the officials).[17]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 10 United States WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United States Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 64 2:40:44.167
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 DPi 02 United States Cadillac Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Cadillac DPi-V.R 64 +1.463
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sebastien Bourdais
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R 64 +1.981
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4 DPi 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Acura ARX-05 64 +3.819
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
5 DPi 5 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports France Tristan Vautier
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Cadillac DPi-V.R 64 +7.003
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing France Oliver Pla
Brazil Pipo Derani
Cadillac DPi-V.R 64 +7.189
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
7 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Oreca 07 64 +19.642
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsport Canada John Farano
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Oreca 07 64 +20.358
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Switzerland Fabio Scherer
Oreca 07 64 +21.147
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 11 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Steven Thomas
United States Tristan Nunez
Oreca 07 64 +21.944
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Patrick Kelly
United States Josh Pierson
Oreca 07 64 +24.339
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed - 10 Star Sweden Henrik Hedman
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Oreca 07 64 +35.124
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports United States Gar Robinson
Brazil Felipe Fraga
Ligier JS P320 62 +2 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
14 LMP3 13 Canada AWA Canada Orey Fidani
United Kingdom Matthew Bell
Duqueine D-08 62 +2 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
15 LMP3 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
Ligier JS P320 62 +2 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
16 LMP3 30 United States Jr III Motorsports United States Ari Balogh
Canada Garett Grist
Ligier JS P320 62 + 2 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17 LMP3 58 United States MLT Motorsports United States Josh Sarchet
United States Dakota Dickerson
Ligier JS P320 62 +2 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
18 LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French
Australia Cameron Shields
Ligier JS P320 62 +2 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
19 LMP3 90 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Gerry Kraut
Australia Scott Andrews
Duqueine D-08 61 +3 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
20 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Lexus RC F GT3 61 +3 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
21 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Australia Matt Campbell
France Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 61 +3 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 61 +3 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
23 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 61 +3 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
24 LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti
Colombia Gabby Chaves
Ligier JS P320 61 +3 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
25 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing United Kingdom Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 60 +4 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
26 GTD 39 United States CarBahn with Peregrine Racing United States Robert Megennis
United States Jeff Westphal
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 60 +4 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
27 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz
Lexus RC F GT3 60 +4 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
28 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
BMW M4 GT3 60 +4 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
29 GTD 42 United States NTE Sport/SSR Germany Marco Holzer
United States Jaden Conwright
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 60 +4 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
30 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
Belgium Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 60 +4 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
31 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick
Belgium Jan Heylen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 60 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
United States Mike Skeen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 59 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
33 GTD 51 United States Rick Ware Racing United States Ryan Eversley
Australia Aidan Read
Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 59 +5 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
34 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley
BMW M4 GT3 59 +5 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
35 GTD 79 United States WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 59 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
36 GTD Pro 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States John Edwards
United States Connor De Phillippi
BMW M4 GT3 56 +8 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
37 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Portugal João Barbosa
Ligier JS P320 40 Did Not Finish
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
Source:[18]

Standings after the race

Drivers

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.


Teams

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.


Manufacturers

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.


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